COPS OUT Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

cops out

verb

present tense third-person singular of cop out

as in backs out

to break a promise or agreement don't cop out on your promise to pay for the damage

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Recent Examples of cops out The case, which has only recently come to the attention of POST officials, highlights the limits of state oversight even after lawmakers passed significant police reform aimed at forcing dishonest cops out of the profession. —

Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 8 May 2026 Rather than throwing those bad cops out of the union and asking for better training so cops will never have to ask what to do when a fellow cop appears to have broken the law, Hendry encourages them. —

Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 Feb. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for cops out

Verb

Beyond that, a truce means whatever the negotiators will tolerate as long as none backs out of talks.

— ABC News, ABC News, 1 July 2026
Last year’s class reimagined how successful Notre Dame could be at acquiring top defensive backs out of high school, but this one might be Freeman’s favorite, based on its composition.

— Pete Sampson, New York Times, 1 July 2026

Definition of backs out

Verb

But that’s only when Tom Holland backs off.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 16 June 2026
Even when The Breadwinner starts to tiptoe toward potential reactionary ideas about who belongs in the workplace and who belongs at home, the movie backs off and makes sure that no leaves the theater riled up.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026